Basically, this is a controversy of the integrity of Scripture.
Either Scripture is accurate and correct and Joseph married Mary and delayed union with her until after Jesus was born and then they proceeded to have other children as are referenced and named in the Gospels, or they didn’t.
Now, the Catholic church makes claim to the writing and canonization of Scripture.
If indeed Mary was perpetually a virgin and everybody knew it at the time then why....
1) Did the writers of the Gospels use the word adelphos, which clearly means brother and adelphai, which clearly means sister?
2) Did the writers of the Gospels state that Joseph married Mary and make comment about their union?
And if everyone at the time knew that she was perpetually a virgin, why didn’t the writers of the Gospels simply state so in so many words. If they has simply said that Joseph married Mary and never had any union with her, that she remained perpetually virgin, then that would be that. No problem.
Instead they canonized as infallible Scripture something that at the very least can be classified as ambiguous if you really stretch it, but is not ambiguous if you simple read it as is.
...as opposed to the traditional teachings of Rome. Mindful of the fact so often stated by some that if Rome doesn't say something is so, or not so, then the followers will abide by Rome either way regardless of the integrity of the scriptures presented.
Exactly..this is about the authority of scripture over” human “tradition and a declaration by the Catholic lead Prophet